Remote Lead Backend Engineer — Microservices & Cloud

Placements24; Mbombela (Nelspruit); Hybrid; ZAR 1,976,000 - 2,964,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Backend) to guide a remote engineering team in building scalable services and APIs. You will mentor engineers, drive technical excellence, and contribute to the technology roadmap from a distributed collaboration model.

The role requires strong experience in Go/Python/Java/Node.js, RESTful API design, and microservices, with cloud and CI/CD in your toolkit. A strategic, senior leadership mindset is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of professional backend software development experience.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable backend services and APIs.
• Mentor backend engineers and promote best practices.
• Collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers to define requirements.
• Architect microservices with high availability and fault tolerance.
• Drive CI/CD adoption and infrastructure as code.
• Ensure security, coding standards, and performance optimization.

Skills

Leadership

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Software Eng

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Backend) to guide a remote engineering team in building scalable services and APIs. You will mentor engineers, drive technical excellence, and contribute to the technology roadmap from a distributed collaboration model.

The role requires strong experience in Go/Python/Java/Node.js, RESTful API design, and microservices, with cloud and CI/CD in your toolkit. A strategic, senior leadership mindset is essential for success.